California orders state workers back to office

California state employees are getting codified policy on how often they can work from home, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) office announced Wednesday.

Cabinet Secretary Ann Patterson wrote in a memo acquired by The Hill that the governor’s administration will require all state employees to work at least two days a week from the office starting June 17, standardizing disparate policies among state agencies.

Citing the receding COVID pandemic, Patterson said a standard policy was needed for about half of the state’s 230,000 workers that can work from home because each...